抄録
This study aims to develop the roles of metaphors in architectural designs. We chose 210 architectural works of art containing metaphors in “SHlNKENCHIKU" magazines, then construct the database for metaphors based on structure mapping theory. We analyze the types and the metaphorical structures of these architectural designs and try to describe how these metaphors work. The results are as follows;
1) Various metaphors are generated from the experience of natural and artificial objects.
2) There are three levels of metaphors; “attributive”, “relative” and “semantic” metaphors.
3) We can describe the mechanism of creative architectural design process based on the metaphors.
